4123.036
Participation in emergency management benefits.

(A)
An
emergency management worker, in order to be included under sections
4123.031 to
4123.037 of the Revised Code, and
to participate in the benefits thereof, shall be duly registered by the state
or local emergency management agency making the registration pursuant to
section 5502.34 of the Revised Code.

(B)
Such emergency management
worker shall have subscribed either to the loyalty oath administered under the
provisions of section
5502.34 of the Revised Code, or to
the federal form of the loyalty oath administered under the provisions of
Public Law No. 268, 82nd Congress.

(C)
At the time the accident or event occurs for which
a claim is made under sections
4123.01 to
4123.94 of the Revised Code, the
emergency management worker shall have been acting in good faith in performing
an emergency management duty, function, or act in connection with the
development, training, maintenance, or operation of an emergency management
agency under expressed or constructive instruction or orders of a duly
appointed director or an authorized staff member of the state or local
emergency management agency charged with the authority and responsibility for
issuing such instructions or orders. To implement this requirement, a permanent
record of all meetings, drills, tests, and participation in emergency
management activities and ceremonies as well as operations under disaster
emergency conditions, shall be maintained, and it is a condition precedent to
recovery that any claimant under the provisions of sections
4123.031 to
4123.037 of the Revised Code,
shall furnish a certified copy of the permanent record attesting to the
participation of said claimant or of the individual whose participation forms
the basis for the claim in the respective emergency management activity during
or as a result of which a claim for injury or death is made.

(D)
The written registration of such worker
and a copy of the loyalty oath duly subscribed shall be filed with the state,
local, municipal, township, county, area, or other authorized emergency
management agency and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times
and for use in providing basic data necessary or required under the regulations
pertaining to the filing of claims for workers' compensation.